Focus: Telecom

MSC.Software announced Nov. 13 that it will provide simulation software and services to the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency. CNES engineers will use MSC.Software’s product offerings, including solver applications and CAD-embedded system Simdesigner suite featuring enterprise collaboration and centralized data management. Details of the contract were not released.

Re/Max Satellite Network (RSN), a distance-learning solution created in 1994, has surpassed 25,000 users, Re/Max announced Nov. 13. Network registrations have risen steadily since the program crossed the 10,000 barrier in October 2002 due to Re/Max’s partnership with Echostar‘s Dish Network and RSN, which delivers multiple learning tools to both Re/Max offices and the homes...

ICO Global Communications filed a request with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to extend four milestone dates spelled out in the company’s authorization for the construction and launch of the satellite for a hybrid mobile satellite services system, the company announced Nov. 9. Citing manufacturing and delivery issues encountered by subcontractors for satellite manufacturer...

Worldspace Satellite Radio lost $28.9 million in its 2006 third quarter, up from a loss of $15.4 million in the same period a year ago, the company announced Sept. 9. Revenues improved 42 percent over the same period, growing from $2.4 million in the 2005 third quarter to $3.3 million the most recent quarter, which...

International Communications Group (ICG), a supplier of Iridium-based satellite systems, announced Nov. 9 its partnership agreement choosing Spec Ops Inc. as an authorized reseller of ICG products. Spec Ops, a designer and manufacturer of tactical operations center equipment for the United States military and homeland defense, has fulfilled more than 100 contracts throughout the last...

As part of his stand-up act, comedian Steven Wright used to say that he had "a map of the United States, actual size." To see and peruse some of Microsoft’s latest plans, that scale may no longer be a joke. Microsoft Corp. launched a new service, Virtual Earth 3D, Nov. 6 offering users a new...

Canadian satellite systems provider Infosat Communications Inc. announced Nov. 7 that it has completed a 22 percent investment in Pakistani satellite service provider Comstar ISA Ltd. The investment will facilitate introduction of the latest in satellite communications technology into Pakistan. A satellite broadband hub now is commercially available throughout the country and will be known...

The Wildblue-1 satellite has been delivered to the Arianespace spaceport in French Guiana in advanced of its scheduled launch in early December, a move that Wildblue Communications Inc. hopes will help it meet the growing demand for its satellite broadband service. Wildblue-1, built by Space Systems/Loral, is expected to help Wildblue triple its customer capacity...

Igor Zabolotny, deputy director general for business development for the Russian Satellite Communication Co. (RSCC), has been added to the Eutelsat board of directors, RSCC announced Nov. 7.

Paris, Lux:SESG SES Global posted revenues of 481.18 million euros in its 2006 third quarter, a 54 percent increase from revenues of 313 million euros in the same period a year ago, the company announced. SES reported a profit of 132 million euros in the most recent quarter, which closed Sept. 30, and an operating...